Granada = Pomegranate

So here in Spain they consider me to be very blonde, and apparently the Spanish love blondes. I keep getting hit on by the same guy every morning on the way to class. He tries to talk to me in English, but it's obvious he doesn't really know English. He always says "Hallo guapa, how you doing taday?". It makes my day. hehe.

So yesterday I learned that "Granada" means pomegranate in Spanish.

I also learned that taking showers here are way different. I feel like not many people shower that frequently here because when I pass people in the street 9/10 times I can smell B.O. (body odor). When I shower here (which is everyday) it's not like in the States.

This is what taking a shower here is like:

• turn on shower, get in real quick (whether the water has heated up or not).
• get wet enough to lather up (so like 10 seconds)
• turn off water.
• take shampoo and put in hair. Take soap and lather up. Shave.
• turn water back on to rinse off.

They are very conservative of many things here (water, electricity,etc) because Spain used to have really bad droughts back in the day. It sucks because I love to take long, hot showers. :(

I was supposed to go on a tour of some part of the city today but it started raining like cats and dogs like 10 minutes into my 45 minute walk to the Plaza Nueva, so I skipped out. I walked my little butt back home and my host padre, Paco, and I made some herbal tea, ate some "dulces", and watched a documentary about the ocean (in Spanish of course). I'd call it a pretty solid afternoon.

It gives me time to rest up because tonight my group and I are going out and about to the "discotecas" (places people go to dance and drink - clubs)! There is this one club we are going to that's in a CAVE. Yes, a cave. Since the city is surrounded by mountains some of the stores and things are made into the mountain. I heard it's really, really neat! Chupitos a alguien? ;)

I cannot wait until tomorrow! WE ARE GOING TO SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SPANISH BEACHES! We are going to one inparticular, "Playa de Nareja", and it's supposed to be gorgeous. It better be worth it because we have to get up early and go (it's a day trip) and I'll probably have a hangover.

I'm literally having the time of my life in Spain, and I've only been here a week.